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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2010
Rami Nachabe, Eindhoven, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Augustinus Laurentius Braun, Heeze, NL;
Marjolein Van Der Voort, Eindhoven, NL;
Adrien Desjardins, Eindhoven, NL;
Drazenko Babic, Eindhoven, NL;
Nenad Mihajlovic, Eindhoven, NL;
Rami Nachabe, Eindhoven, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Augustinus Laurentius Braun, Heeze, NL;
Marjolein Van Der Voort, Eindhoven, NL;
Adrien Desjardins, Eindhoven, NL;
Drazenko Babic, Eindhoven, NL;
Nenad Mihajlovic, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Needles are widely used in interventional radiology. Each medical application requires a specific needle type. The same holds for the photonic needles which analysis depends on the type of application the clinician aims for. Therefore, it is relevant to have the X-ray machine recognize the type of needle that is being used and to load the required software for the tissue analysis. It is therefore proposed to have a data link established between the imaging modality used for the acquisition of the patient anatomy (X-ray, CT, MR or US) and the system that processes optical data from the needle, so that the information from this imaging modality can be used to guide the processing. In a preferred embodiment the selection is made by reading out the code present in the disposable needle when it is connected to the console.